officers were respond to go a domestic dispute call at an apartment when a man inside the home opened fire. officials have identified the dead officer as 22-year-old jason rivera. they say he along with the injured officer are the fourth and fifth nypd officers to be shot in the city this month. our department is hurting. our city is hurting. it is beyond comprehension. i am not sure what words, if any, will carry the weight of this moment, and what we are feeling. we have four times this month rushed to the scene of nypd officers shot by violent criminals in possession of deadly illegal guns. cnn s polo sandoval is live for us in new york, and joining us live now, polo, what more can you tell us about what happened. fred, you can hear the frustration of the police commissioner s voice there as she talks about what happened last night. three officers made their way into the harlem apartment, respond to go a domestic dispute call, and one did not make it out alive. we re
with covid. as for adults, hospitalizations are nearing the peaks we saw in september. the spike is in undating medical staff overwhelmed for months. now health officials fear that it will show up at new year s celebrations. tom foreman has the latest on how omicron is derailing holiday plans and travel and much more. reporter: the crowd in times square will be held to about a quarter of the usual. masks and proof of vaccination required. latest surge has new york city once again an epicenter of the pandemic. with statewide cases up more than 80% since monday. and the man who becomes mayor tomorrow is vowing to shut the surge down and keep the town open. we must learn to live with covid, adjust and pivot at the right times and we re doing that in new york and i m extremely optimistic on how the city is going to respond. clearly new york and washington, d.c. are ahead of the curve. but not by much. and so expect that in the next three to four weeks we ll see everyone rea
much with us. one medical expert warns, we re in for a rough road ahead. we re into a viral blizzard right now that s impacting all 50 states roughly at the same time. some areas were hit harder than others. in the end in the next six to eight weeks we ll all see this large surge of cases. it is very likely that 20 or more percent of health care workers will get infected even though they ve been vaccinated. our entire system and all of our lives are going to be impacted by how many sick people are out whether it is at the grocery store, at the hospital, running your subways, doing testing. right now the number of confirmed covid cases in the united states has reached 54 million. yet, there are new signs this current outbreak may soon ease. the new york times reports that in south africa the omicron wave has peaked and columbia university researchers tell the washington post there are indications infections could peak here by mid january. also, nbc news reports the fda
good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. out front tonight we have break news. a former minnesota police officer, kim potter, is behind bars. found guilty of first and second-degree manslaughter in the death of daunte wright. the jury determining that she committed a reckless and criminal act when she mistook her gun for her taser while trying to take wright into custody in april. they came to that decision after more than 27 hours of deliberation over four days, an excruciating wait for the family of daunte wright. every single emotion that you could imagine just running through your body at that moment. i kind of let out a yelp because it was built up in the anticipation of what was to come while we were waiting for the last few days. and now we ve been able to process it. that is daunte wright s mother, and she s joining us in a moment. but first, adrienne broadus is out front for us in minneapolis. what has the scene been outside the courthouse af
updated ids guidance on how long health care workers should isolate if they get covid-19. shortening the time from ten days to seven days if they are no longer positive and if they are asymptomatic. let s go to our national correspondent athena jones more on the omicron surge as the holiday travel rush is underway. reporter: with holiday air travel surpassing pre-pandemic levels, according to the tsa, tonight long lines at airports and at testing sites. this whole thing is frustrating. reporter: as people scramble to do what they can to keep themselves and their families safe through the holidays. doctors are applauding the fda decision today granting emergency use authorization to a second anti-viral pill. this one from merck that people could take at home. adding another covid fighting weapon to the nation s armory. but they stress even these game-changing medications must be given within five dies of onset making timely access to tests all the more important. we ca